Associate Director of Finance

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $190k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Peptone

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11 - 50 employees

🧬 Biotechnology

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏥 Healthcare

Biotechnology • Artificial Intelligence • Healthcare

Peptone is a pioneering pre-clinical translational biophysics company dedicated to discovering novel therapeutics targeting intrinsically disordered proteins. Leveraging advanced artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, Peptone aims to bring order to the biological complexities associated with these disordered proteins, potentially revolutionizing therapeutic approaches in biotechnology.

📋 Description

• Own US accounting and compliance • Produce monthly group consolidation and month-end pack • Establish a reliable US close • Build a consistent approach to R&D accruals and budget-versus-actual reporting • Work hands-on in the US close and own total consolidation • Review and approve work performed by the outsourced US accounting firm • Set scope and deadlines for the outsourced accounting firm and assess whether it remains the right fit • Work with US tax advisers on federal and state filings and maintain a US tax compliance calendar • Coordinate documentation and support for applicable R&D tax credit claims • Prepare for and manage audits and keep US books audit-ready • Produce monthly consolidation across US, UK, Swiss and Italian entities under US GAAP, including intercompany eliminations and currency translation • Deliver a month-end pack for Executive Director of Finance review • Bring R&D and clinical trial accruals in-house, including milestone- and enrollment-based accruals, CRO and investigator invoice recognition, and pass-through cost tracking • Own project-level accounting for accurate and consistent program cost tracking • Run budget-versus-actual discussions with US budget holders and challenge unsupported spend • Support global budgeting and forecasting with US inputs, analysis and variance commentary • Lead ad hoc FP&A and reporting projects using AI and advanced Excel • Contribute to finance systems decisions • Collaborate with the Executive Director of Finance and finance teams across time zones

🎯 Requirements

• A recognized accounting qualification (CPA preferred) • 8+ years of finance and accounting experience, including significant time in a biotech company – ideally pre-revenue, IND-enabling or clinical-stage • Strong US GAAP knowledge, including ASC 730 (research and development costs) and ASC 842 (leases) • Hands-on consolidation experience, including intercompany eliminations and currency translation • Experience booking R&D accruals • Track record of managing outsourced accounting firms and external advisers, including changing provider where needed • Experience working with US tax advisers on federal and state compliance • Proven ability to work autonomously as the senior finance person in a location • Willingness to travel occasionally to San Francisco and Switzerland • Clinical trial accounting experience preferred: milestone- and enrollment-based accrual methodology, CRO and site invoice review, and pass-through cost tracking • Experience in a global business across multiple countries, currencies and statutory regimes preferred • Experience identifying and claiming US R&D tax credits preferred • FP&A experience preferred, including supporting budget cycles and partnering with non-finance budget holders • Experience working outside the US, or embedded with non-US teams preferred • Must be able to work fully remotely • Must be authorized to work in the United States and maintain that authorization without employer sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual bonus and equity, commensurate with experience • Flexible working setup to ensure a work-life balance • Opportunities for career development • Non-hierarchical environment where everyone has a voice • Highly skilled and interdisciplinary team • Occasional travel to San Francisco and Switzerland